Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

overnight, and looked lost. Dark circles under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a wink, and his eyes were all panic

yet, he was the one

felt my nose tingled,

Jason looked confused and tried to get up, using

heartache, and

and cautiously mumbled,

obviously hiding something.

me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh? What’s the deal here? You leave the patient all

only after learning that the heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did I breathe a sigh

earth did he end up getting

I asked him, Jason hemmed

this sour feeling inside, and my tone got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something from me?”

Jason was about to spill the beans, a piercing

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were hurt. How bad is

I’d heard it